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December 24, 2012

A Peek Around our House the Night (okay, two nights...) Before Christmas

Here is a peek around our house just before Christmas! Last night Santa (a.k.a. Mike's parents!) made a stop at our house and left this antique sleigh complete with red and robins egg blue paint - isn't it perfect?

I filled our urns with sprigs of cedar and piles of ornaments (non glass, but glass-looking). The glittered ones look so great and sparkly at night.

Our tree, a Frasier Fir, is decked with upholstery strapping and ornaments, as always.

All of the gifts (but one from Mike to Emma) are wrapped in brown paper and satin ribbon. I know brown kraft paper is really popular right now, but I've loved it for as long as I can remember. For the last 30 years my Aunt Lisa has wrapped gifts in her signature craft paper and plaid ribbon. At some point, maybe 15 years ago, I adopted her wrapping style.

Emma loves to unstack and re-stack the presents. She particularly loves the packages with the red satin ribbons, which happen to be hers... smart girl! Maybe she can read her name written on the packages in gold sharpie.

I love this pillow featuring a vintage woody wagon that I picked up at Pottery Barn.

14 comments:

Beautiful! Where did you get the urns? You always seem to find the best deals, etc... . We are in CA and this type of thing is incredibly pricey out here. Thank you! Merry Christmas, too. Always enjoy your posts.

It's just so lovely. Is your bedroom gray or green? What is the color name? Is it from the Home Depot? I think it is so pretty. I would love to paint our bathroom the same color...if you are okay with sharing the color, that is.